CUBADISCO 2017: AND THE NOMINEES ARE....

ENGLISH: Although the formal booklet is not ready yet, the Cubadisco team in Havana (a thousand thank-you's to them!) was kind enough to share the list of nominees in Cubadisco 2017 as well as the schedule of events. When the final booklet is available, we will also share that with you here. Cubadisco is Cuba's most important music awards program and much, much more- an academic symposium, a commercial fair, and always many wonderful concerts in genres across Cuba's musical spectrum.
The nominees are available here. Congratulations to all!
The schedule is available here.

ESPAÑOL: Aunque el folleto formal no está listo todavia, el equipo de Cubadisco en la Habana (¡mil gracias a ellos!) tuvo la amabilidad de compartir el listado de nominados en Cubadisco 2017 y el horario de los eventos con nosotros. Les compartir el folleto formal aquí en cuanto este disponible.
Cubadisco es la premiación musical más importante en Cuba y mucho más - un simposio académico, una feria comercial, y siempre un montón de maravillosos conciertos en todo el espectro musical de Cuba.
Los nominados están disponibles aquí
¡Felicidades a todos!
El horario está disponible aquí

If you missed the livestream of the International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert from Havana, the video has been posted by the Jazzday.com team. Enjoy.

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jueves, 27 abril 2017, 11:42 pm

ENGLISH: Many thanks to the Instituto Cubano de la Música for sending us the Spanish-language version of the message of the Director General of Unesco, Irina Bokova, about International Jazz Day, which you can download here, and the final program in Spanish, which you can download here.
As you will notice from the program booklet, there are actually several days of exciting events and concerts.
Remember also that a live concert is streaming Sunday from Havana here.

ESPAÑOL: Muchísimas gracias al Instituto Cubano de la Música, por enviarnos el mensaje de la Directora General de UNESCO, Irina Bokova , acerca del Día Internacional del Jazz, que se puede descargar aquí, y el folleto libro final del programa, que se puede descargar aquí.
Como se notará en el folleto libro del programa, en realidad hay varios díás de eventos y conciertos emocionantes.
Recuerde también que puede ver el concierto de domingo en vivo via Internet aquí.

ENGLISH: In honor of International Jazz Day, Bill Tilford's radio program From the Isle of Music will be featuring Jazz recordings from Cuba and an interview in Spanish with Gloria Ochoa , a very important figure in Cuba's music industry today. You can read about when and how to listen live here .
ESPAÑOL : En honor del Día Internacional del Jazz, el programa radial de Bill Tilford, From the Isle of Music , va a proponer grabaciones del Jazz de Cuba además de una entrevista con Gloria Ochoa , una figura muy importante en la industria de música en Cuba hoy. Puede leer cuándo y cómo escuchar el progama en vivo aquí.

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martes, 25 abril 2017, 02:18 pm

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY IN HAVANA, APRIL 30, 2017

April 30 is the 5th annual International Jazz Day, and Cuba is the host country for the All Star Global Concert this year! Actually, there is more or less a week of activities around this day, and more than 50 prominent artists from 14 countries (including, of course, Cuba) are participating. Best of all, the website http://jazzday.com/concert/ will be streaming a special concert live on the 30th. For a lot more information, visit the website just mentioned. The lineup is stunning, and this writer deeply regrets not being there in person.

New Website for the Instituto Cubano de la Música

The Instituto Cubano de la Música has an excellent new website, and even though they tell me that it is still a work in progress (what website isn't, really?), it already has a lot of useful information.
Check it out at http://dcubamusica.cult.cu/

Film: Esteban by Jonal Cosulluela with musical score by Chucho Valdés

I will be watching this in Chicago this week, but I believe that it is traveling the festival circuit now. It is the Director's debut, and it is about a boy who is musically gifted. You can read more
here

New from BIS Music: Cuba y Puerto Rico Un abrazo musical salsero

Not the first Cuba-Puerto Rico project by any means, but the promo video looks and sounds promising. More after this writer has tasted more of it.

CUBADISCO 2017

Cubadisco 2017 is coming in a couple of weeks. Watch for more information soon.

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domingo, 16 abril 2017, 01:01 pm

I. San Francisco and Santa Cruz:

Omar Sosa will have a 4-night residency with different guests on different nights at SF Jazz Thursday-Sunday, April 20-23. His Cuarteto AfroCubano, John Santos, percussionist Mino Cinelu , who started his career with Miles Davis, GRAMMY® -winning trumpter Joo Kraus and Yosvany Terry are among the guests during the residency, and the final night includes Indian percussionist Trilok Gurtu and Italian trumpeter Paolo Fresu. The trio has played extensively in Europe, but this concert is their debut in North America.
Omar will also be at Kuumbwa in Santa Cruz with Gurtu and Fresu on Monday, April 24.
For more details about the San Francisco concerts, click here.
For more details about the Kuumbwa concerts, click here.

Also in Santa Cruz, Juan De Marcos & The Afro Cuban All-Stars will be at Kuumbwa on Monday, April 17. Full details here.
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And in Chicago......
1. Movie Night!

Ya no es antes, a feature film by Lester Hamlet , in addition to having already won some awards as a film, features a soundtrack with music by Harold López-Nussa , Kelvis Ochoa and Haila . At the AMC River East 21 Friday April 21- Sunday 23. The director, Lester Hamlet, who already has an impressive body of other work, will be present for all three screenings.Complete details here .

2. Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro concerts

Two of them coming up on May 1 and 2 - full details at Hothouse.net

3. Roberto Fonseca in a television program taping with a live audience at WTTW Friday, May 5

Live taping of The Experience features an interview with Roberto followed by a performance and an autograph session. Full details here .